pains of being in Canada – SHIPPING RANT

Okay, need to vent for a second. My BMs bought purple (regency) shoes at DB for my wedding. They’re high, I know my sisters won’t last in them all night. DB sells super cute little flip flops in the same colour. I thought I’d buy them for the girls as part of their ‘day of survival kit’ my local store doesn’t have them. Went to order them online – 4 pairs of $15 flip flops ($60) has $45in shipping costs!! Are you kidding me. There’s no way I’m paying $100 for 4 pairs of flip flops. I’m hoping the store here gets more in, I have my BM in Edmonton checking there for me. Seriously – why is shipping so flipping expensive!?

@pengoala: I didn’t think of old navy – they’re a royal purple colour. I just liked these because they’re the exact same colour as their regular shoes and I thought it would be cute. If it comes down to it, I’ll buy plain ones and bedazzle them.

I totally agree! Shipping is always terrible! It’s really sad when you look at $15 shipping (7-14 business days) and think it’s an awesome deal aha. I also really hate when companies try to “help” by adding duties and taxes on my order. It isn’t helpful, it’s irritating, because I rarely ever have to pay duties when an item arrives! I’d rather just risk it and not pay them at the checkout aha. Oh and I also really hate when you see “FREE SHIPPING” all over a site and then you realise that it only applies to US residents 🙁

@MsGinkgo: Check and see if they will use USPS. It will be a lot cheaper. I have things shipped to me quite regularly and USPS is the way to go because even if you end up having to pay duty/taxes you still won’t get charged a brokerage fee. Most of our wedding clothes and accessories came from all over the world especially the US and I never paid that much shipping.

ugh i know! even worse than the insane shipping is when things won’t ship to canada! i’ve been using a brokerage outside of buffalo… shipping everything to them and making the trip down every couple of months to pick up the items. much cheaper, even if you have to pay duties at the border.

@pengoala: I was thinking of doing a flip flop basket for the reception – I’ll probably order from Old Navy for those – I didn’t realize they were so inexpensive there (i don’t wear flip flops normally)

@MsGinkgo: I get tons of stuff shipped to Bay Brokerage in Tonawanda. I found them through Kinek.com. Pretty much everything costs $5 to ship there (it’s based on weight, so if you get something insanely heavy, it costs more), and they’ll hold it for 30 days. It has seriously changed my life.

I hear ya! I was looking to buy a $28 agenda I really wanted from the States back in the summer and promptly dropped the idea when I saw that shipping would be $30. That’s right, more than the cost of the product itself. F*cking ridiculous.

But you know what was worse? I have family in the States that will be coming for Christmas, so I decided to order it and have it sent to them because they give free shipping on all orders with no minimum – and I can’t even order it because they won’t let you use a non US billing address!!! WTF? So angry.

(I found another site that will ship for $10 and I’m debating whether it’s worth it. >.<)